Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. 1st. 1858. good+. Hardcover. BAL 8781, state A 1st state; viii, 373, [1] pp; publishers ads on end papers; foxing to tissue guard & vignette title pg; title pg in red & black, M DCCC LVIII., & period after company; ragged printing on lines 19-21 on p. 161 & no ad leaf after the index; 8 b/w illustrations with foxing to edges of plates & tissue guards; previous owner names on front end pages; slight lean to spine; shelf wear to edges of blind stamped brown pebbled cloth cover; corners bumped; spine has a faded gilt title & 4 gilt circles, 3 fleur-de-lis & 1 publisher's monogram, a few biopredation flaws, & fraying to top & bottom .

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Bookseller: The Old Library Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 192890
Title: Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.
Author: (Holmes, Oliver Wendell)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - good+
Jacket Condition: NO
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson and Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1858
Bookseller catalogs: Classics/Lit;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...